"Fiona Sampson, a thalidomide survivor who attended the Oct. 19 meeting, toldreporters on Tuesday that Hehr degraded those in attendance with his remarks.

'In response to members of the group reading really heartfelt testimonials,Minister Hehr - apropos of nothing - commented, 'Well you don't have it as badtoday as adults as you did when you were kids,'' said Sampson, a human rightslawyer and chair of Thalidomide Survivors Task Group.

'Then he went on to say, 'Well you don't have it so bad. Everyone in Canada hasa sob story.''"http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/thalidomide-survivors-hehr-allegations-1.4433539

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Meanwhile...

"A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec says a Conservative MP madecomments towards her that were 'humiliating' and 'sexual in nature' during anevent back in May.

Sherry Romanado levelled the accusation Monday in the House of Commons afterquestion period, even though Manitoba MP James Bezan had risen in the Commons afew hours earlier to deliver an apology - which he later said he'd been tryingto give for months.

In a written statement later, Bezan said the incident had been reviewed by theCommons' chief human resources officer who found it did not constitute sexualharassment and did not recommend any disciplinary action."https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/liberal-mp-accuses-tory-mp-of-humiliating-comments-sexual-in-nature/

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Good to see our Parliamentarians preferring to stick with the issues thatreally matter.

Post by EricÂ®"Fiona Sampson, a thalidomide survivor who attended the Oct. 19 meeting, toldreporters on Tuesday that Hehr degraded those in attendance with his remarks.'In response to members of the group reading really heartfelt testimonials,Minister Hehr - apropos of nothing - commented, 'Well you don't have it as badtoday as adults as you did when you were kids,'' said Sampson, a human rightslawyer and chair of Thalidomide Survivors Task Group.'Then he went on to say, 'Well you don't have it so bad. Everyone in Canada hasa sob story.''"http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/thalidomide-survivors-hehr-allegations-1.4433539https://is.gd/zPEq8qMeanwhile..."A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec says a Conservative MP madecomments towards her that were 'humiliating' and 'sexual in nature' during anevent back in May.Sherry Romanado levelled the accusation Monday in the House of Commons afterquestion period, even though Manitoba MP James Bezan had risen in the Commons afew hours earlier to deliver an apology - which he later said he'd been tryingto give for months.In a written statement later, Bezan said the incident had been reviewed by theCommons' chief human resources officer who found it did not constitute sexualharassment and did not recommend any disciplinary action."https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/liberal-mp-accuses-tory-mp-of-humiliating-comments-sexual-in-nature/https://is.gd/NomBF2Good to see our Parliamentarians preferring to stick with the issues thatreally matter.

Survivors? Is everyone jumping on that label? I thought they werevictims. I have to agree with the minister that everyone has a sobstory. And he is right about them all having about 10 years left, sincethey were born around 1960, the are all nearing the life expectancy ofnormal people. I wonder how many settlements they expect to get, becausethere have already been several.